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2 shot, child grazed by bullet in Altamonte Springs

Three people, including a 6-year-old girl, were shot at an apartment complex in Altamonte Springs on Tuesday. Authorities with the Altamonte Springs Police Department said two men opened fire outside the Sealey Apartments. Bob Kealing reports.

Three people, including a 6-year-old girl, were shot at an apartment complex in Altamonte Springs on Tuesday. Authorities with the Altamonte Springs Police Department said two men opened fire outside the Sealey Apartments. Bob Kealing reports.

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Updated: 9:05 PM EDT Jun 22, 2016

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WEBVTT 2'S BOB KEALING REPORTS, POLICE FOUND THE GETAWAY CAR BUT NOT THE SUSPECTS. BOB: RESIDENTS HERE SAY THEY BELIEVE OUTSIDERS SPRAYED THIS CAR WITH BULLETS LAST NIGHT, WOUNDING TWO MEN, THEN GRAZING A SIX-YEAR-OLD WHO IS PLAYING ALONGSIDE OTHER CHILDREN IN THE LINE OF FIRE. EVELYN ESTEVES: IT WAS IN THE BACK OF HER HEAD. VERY CLOSE CALL FOR HER. IT IS VERY FORTUNATE THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED. >> REAL BAD. REAL BAD. BOB: THE OWNER OF SEALEY APARTMENTS SAYS THEY'VE NEVER HAD THIS LEVEL OF VIOLENCE. ROOSEVELT SEALEY: I HOPE THEY CATCH HIM AND PUNISH WHOEVER DID IT. BOB: WRIGHT AND 26-YEAR-OLD -- POLICE SAY 26-YEAR-OLD ERIC WRIGHT AND 26-YEAR-OLD LARRY WATKINS JUNIOR WERE WOUNDED BUT ARE NOW STABLE. POLICE OFFICERS NEARBY HEARD GUNSHOTS. ANOTHER WITNESSED A RECKLESS DRIVER LEAVING THE AREA AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. >> MAYBE FIVE, SIX, OR SEVEN THAT WERE JUST HAULING AROUND. BOB: ABOUT A MILE AWAY AT THE CHARTER POINTE APARTMENTS, THIS WOMAN WHO ASKED US NOT TO SHOW HER FACE SAYS SHE WAS WALKING HER DOG WHEN SHE SAW MULTIPLE POLICE CARS COME PULLING IN. ONE OFFICER REPORTED SEEING THE DRIVER OF A BLACK LEXUS AND HIS PASSENGER BAIL OUT. THEY GOT AWAY. >> I HAD NO IDEA UNTIL THIS MORNING WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS. IT WAS SCARY. BOB: POLICE CONFIRM THE SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS NOT STOLEN. THEY SUSPECT ONE OF THE MEN WOUNDED WAS TARGETED BY THE GUNMAN, BUT THEY HAVE NOT SAID

2 shot, child grazed by bullet in Altamonte Springs

Three people, including a 6-year-old girl, were shot at an apartment complex in Altamonte Springs on Tuesday. Authorities with the Altamonte Springs Police Department said two men opened fire outside the Sealey Apartments. Bob Kealing reports.